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This week's Spotlight focuses on the Austin, Texas-based rock band White Denim, which is scheduled to play Club Congress Saturday.
White Denim's lead singer is James Petralli, whose father is former major league catcher Geno Petralli.
Geno Petralli played 12 seasons for the Rangers and Blue Jays.
Petralli led all of baseball in passed balls with 35 in 1987, 20 in 1988, and 20 in 1990. His 35 passed balls established a Major League single-season record.
Most of Petralli's past balls occurred when he was catching a famous knuckleball pitcher.
For a chance to win an audio book tell us the name of that knuckleballer, who pitched until he was 46 years old.
Phil Villarreal has worked for the Daily Star since birth, but he's been the movie critic since February 2001. You could say he's a fan of the cinema. Each day he wakes up to a plate of steaming scrambled movies, which he washes down with a glass of movie juice, all while watching a movie. In his free time he plays video games and watches movies. Phil's new book, the humorous, money saving guide "Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel" is due out Sept. 1 and available for preorder.
Is "Resident Evil 5" racist?
04/11/2008 12:15 PM Phil Villarreal
Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal – by far the deepest thinker and best writer in the field of video game journalism – sure seems to think so. Judging from the trailer, he points out callous racial insensitivity that has apparently gone into, if not the game itself, at least its previews.
I think Croal has some valid points, but I’d say he’s being a little hypersensitive here. This is an industry that evolves around Mario, one of the most blatant ethnic caricatures imaginable. For whatever confluence of reasons, political correctness hasn’t been able to penetrate the video game realm as much as it has other media, and whatever racism you find is largely due to innocent ignorance rather than any calculated agenda.
I thought that we already decided yes it is racist, but Capcom could resolve it by bringing in a strong black protagonist to fight alongside with Chris Redfield.
What exactly is racist about a white guy killing zombies? Once you turn into a zombie what color you used to be no longer matters. Sheesh
Oh and I’m glad video games are not being politically correct, I am really sick and tired of having to deal with the self-censorship crap that is political correctness and I sincerely hope we as a society move on from it.
I thought that we already decided yes it is racist, but Capcom could resolve it by bringing in a strong black protagonist to fight alongside with Chris Redfield.
— RockmanX20 04/13/2008 04:10 PM #
What exactly is racist about a white guy killing zombies? Once you turn into a zombie what color you used to be no longer matters. Sheesh
Oh and I’m glad video games are not being politically correct, I am really sick and tired of having to deal with the self-censorship crap that is political correctness and I sincerely hope we as a society move on from it.
— Father Time 04/14/2008 04:31 PM #